The H-SU Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 25, Ed. 1, Friday, January 16, 1976 Page: 3 of 4
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Jnnunry 16 1976
Christmas Vacation Ended Good
75 Hardin-Simmons Students Working Their Hearts Out
Some 75 students from
Hardin-Simmons spent the final
weeK oi tneir unnstmas vaca-
tion taking part in "Proyecto de
Amistad" a Baptist mission
program on both sides of the
river in the Lower Rio Grande
Valley.
Led by Marshall Walker di
rector of religious activities at
H-SU the students were divided
into 17 teams and were in-
volved in work rantrinjr from
building an additon to a parson-
age at the Sanisidro Baptist
Mission in Mexico to holding a
revival in the First Baptist
Church at Pharr Texas. The
Plank Morgan
2 Reading Specialty Courses
Hardin-Simmons is offering
the first two courses in its new
reading specialist certification
program during the spring
semester and the professors are
two former public school
teachers with long experience
and intense interest in correct-
ing reading problems.
They are Dr. Esther Plank
am! Dr. Betty Morgan both in
their second year on the H-SU
facultv and both of whom snent
many years in graded clas-
srooms before moving to the col-
lege ranks.
Hawthorne's
Choir Sings
At TMEA Meet
The Hardin-Simmons Concert
Choir directed by Dr. Loyd
Hawthorne has accepted an in-
vitation to sing at the Texas
Music Educators Association
convention in February at San
Antonio.
It is one of four college choirs
picked to participate in the con-
vention and is the first choral
group from H-SU ever to be cho-
sen. The concert will be at 10:15
a.m. Saturday Feb. 14 the final
day of the three-day meeting. It
will be in the South Ballroom of
the Palacio del Rio Hotel.
Dr. Hawthorne now in his
second year as an associate pro-
fpssnr and director of choral
music at H-SU said he had been
requested to limit the program and Wednesday at a late atter-
to American music in keeping noon period.
with the Bicentennial obser-
vance. He said Dr. Andy Patter-
son a professor and head of the
Department of Music Theory
and Composition at H-SU and
also a well-known composer is
writing a special work to be
premiered at the convention. It
is entitled "All Things New."
The San Antonio appearance
will launch a brief tour of South
Texas for the Choir. One prog-
ram will be at the Tallowood
Baptist Church in Houston
where Tom Mosley former pres-
ident of the H-SU Alumni As-
sociation and minister of music
at the First Baptist Church in
Abilene will be the host.
Hawthorne came to H-SU in
the fall of 1974 succeeding the
late Dr. James Cram. Hawth-
orne is a native of Brownwood
and a graduate of Port Neches
Groves High School. He received
his bachelor of music degree in
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his master's in 1966 from Baylor coaching.
University and his doctorate in
1973 from the University of The program is sponsored and
Texas at Austin. directed by the Covent Garden
He taught in public schools for Rovai Opera one of the world's
six years and was a music pro- ieauing opera companies
fessor and chorale director at Tne pr0gram will continue
Carson-Newman College a tnrough the summer with par-
Baptist institution in Tennes-
see before coming to H-SU.
students stayed at Cone Oasis
Baptist Encampment near Wes-
laco and several of the work pro
jects this year involved im-
provements to the encampment
facilities.
The trip to the Valley has
been an annual affair for several
years and Walker said that
more students participated this
year than ever before.
The daily schedule began at
7:45 a.m. when all team leaders
met with Walker to plan specific
needs for the day. Breaktast was
at 8 with students doing their
own cooking and serving. This
was followed by a group devo-
Teaching
H-SU's reading program re-
cently approved by the State
Board of Education is designed
to prepare teachers to meet new
reading program requirements
which will be established in all
Texas public schools within a
few years.
During the spring semester
Dr. Morgan is 'teaching Educa-
tion 616 Teaching Reading in
the Content Field with the class
meeting from 6-8:45 p.m. on
Tuesdays. Dr. Plank is teaching
Education 615 Development of
Reading and Language from
45 Evening College
Courses Offered Now
Hardin-Simmons is offering a
total of 45 courses through its
Evening College during this
spring semester.
The schedule is designed for
convenience of both under-
graduate and graduate students
and includes 22 classes which
will meet twice weekly on Tues-
days and Thursdays with the
rest to meet for three-hour ses
sions on either Monday Tues-
day or Thursday. Also included
in the Evening College schedule
is a Saturday morning English
class open to seniors and
graduate students and a senior
level English class on Monday
Tom Pack Picked
To Study Abroad
Tom Pack an assistant pro-
fessor in voice at Hardin-
Simmons has been selected to
participate in an opera study
program in London beginning in
April.
Thirty singers from through-
out the world were chosen
through competitive auditions
for the program.
" Pack said the program is de-
signed to give the singers inten-
sive training in all phases of
opera production. The particip
ants will study languages act-
mg stage production and opera
repertoire in addition to receiv-
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H-SU BRAND
tional at 8:35 and departure for
work assignments at 9. All
crews worked until 5 p.m. ate
supper at 6 then went to even-
ing worsnip services at .
The workshop services this
year included revivals eacn
night at Pharr at the First Bap-
tist Church in Mission and at
the Maderos Baptist Mission at
Mission. The Maderos program
was a Spanish speaking revival.
Work crew assignments at the
Encampment grounds included
Dunuing tne iounuation lor a
new dormitory tearing down an
old garage pouring the founda-
tion for a work room changing
6-8:45 p.m. on Thursdays.
Dr. Jack Longbotham chair-
man
of the" Division of Educa-
tion said the new program was
easily installed because H-SU
already had the qualified fa-
culty. "Dr. Plank and Dr. Morgan
not only have vast experience in
school reading programs but
they are competent in the field of
assessing reading difficulties
and prescribing remedial ef-
forts" he said. "They also are
deeply concerned about reading
problems school children are
The Tuesday-Thursday
schedule includes classes meet-
ing at three periods - from
5:55-7:10p.m. from 7:20-8:35
p.m. and from 8:45-10 p.m. This
schedule of undergraduate
courses is planned to allow stu-
dents who are unable to attend
classes during the day to make
progress toward a degree.
Twelve academic departments
are offering work on this
schedule during the spring.
The remainder of the classes
will begin at 6 p.m. and run to
8:45 p.m. with 12 scheduled on
Monday four on Tuesday and
five on Thursday. These will in-
clude graduate courses in Edu-
cation. English Finance
ticipants observing rehearsals
and other preparations as well
as actual public performances of
opera being staged at the Covent
Garden Opera House. At the
completion of the study the par-
ticipants will be presented in a
full-stage production of an opera
in a public performance in Lon-
don. Pack has been on the H-SU
School of Music faculty since the
fall of 1969. He is a graduate of
Furman University and South-
western Baptist Theological
Seminary where he was a stu-
dent of Virginia Seelig and
Frank Stovall. In addition to
teaching voice he is a director of
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the H-SU Singing Men a group
which has represented the Uni-
versity throughout the United
States and in concert tours of
Japan in 1972 and Europe in
1973 and 1975.
Going with Pack to London
will be his wife Linda and their
two sons Kevin and Ryan.
motors in vehicles and doing
tune-ups and body work paint-
ing and repairing a bus paint-
ing a dormitory and cleaning the
camp property.
Snecial Droiects were vacation
Bible schools at Nuevo Prog-
resso and at Rio Rico and a re-
ligious census each night.
Mexico team assignments in-
cluded painting and carpentry
work at La Blanca painting and
plumbing repair at Nuevo Prog-
resso work on a septic tank at
Rio Rico roof repair and paint-
ing at Rio Bravo and remodeling
and enlarging the parsonage of
Sanisidro.
having today and are interested
in helping improve the teaching
skills of public school person
nel."
Dr. Plank holds the B.S. de-
gree from West Texas State the
M.A. from Colorado State and
the Ed.D. from Teachers Col-
lege Columbia University.
Dr. Morean holds the B.S. de-
gree and the M.Ed degree from
lexas lecn ana tne fti.u. irom
Southern Illinois. She taught 20
years in public schools and six
years in colleges.
Psychology Management
Economics and History. The his
tory course is Seminar in Texas
History to be taught on Monday course as an audit or for non-
nights by Dr. Rupert N. credit.
Richardson who is recognized Morrison has been on the
as the greatest living authority H-SU School of Music faculty
on the subject. since 1937 except for leaves of
Offerings by the Division of absence for military service dur-
Education will include two ing World War II and for
courses in the new Reading
Specialist Certification program
recently approved for H-SU. The
program will lead to a Master of
Education degree and will qual-
ify teachers for all-level reading
certificates and prepare them
for the new reading programs
being installed in public schools.
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Women Cadets
Most Honored
At Last Drill
Women ROTC cadets at
Hardin-Simmons University led
in honors received during the
Final Drill and Leadership
Evaluation last semester.
Debbie Williams sophomore
from Dallas received the Milit-
ary Stakes Award for outstand-
ing accomplishments in land
navigation knowledge of first
aid military bearing and indi-
vidaul participation in squad ta-
tics.
Sharon Pond freshman from
Dallas was honored as Best In-
dividual Freshman in Drill and
Kathy Johnston sophomore
from Abilene received Best In-
dividual Sophomore in Drill.
The First Squad 4th Platoon
of "A" Company was honored as
the Best Squad. Members of the
squad are: Christine Abel
junior from Abilene and leader
of the squad; John Nesler junior
from Manhattan Kans.; Effie
Handfield sophomore from
Miami N.M.; Beverly Bufis
sophomore from Ft. Worth and
Cheryl Lewis freshman from
Hamlin.
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American music is being1 he)d
during the spring semester 'aCv
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The course is Music 256 Spe '
cial Studies in Music History
and will focus this semester dh. '
American music and its Euro-
pean and English origins. The
professor is Thurman Morrison
who is recognized as an author-
ity in the field of music history.
The class will meet from 5-7
p.m. each Monday and will carry
two hours of credit. However
anyone interested may take the
graduate study at the Univer-
sity of Texas the University of
Southern California and In-
diana University. He has writ-
ten numerous articles dealing
with music history and has a
valuable personal collection of
music memorabilia and sheet
muusic.
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